OBERAMMERGAU 2010         A Once in a Decade Event.........

About the Oberammergau Passion Play

A play of life and death, promised in a moment of mortal threat, and so began the history of the Oberammergau Passion Play in 1633.

The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in the city of Oberammergau, Germany.  The play takes place out doors where the sky and mountains are the back drop. A wonderful spectacle of pageantry. World renown for the costumes and music presentation. Now, more than 2,000 citizens make up the actors, singers, instrumentalists and stage technicians that bring the play to life in approximately six hours of playing time.  The year 2010 marks the 41st time the story will be presented in Oberammergau.  The play comprises spoken dramatic text, musical and choral accompaniment and tableaux vivants. The tableaux vivants are scenes from the Old Testament depicted for the audience by motionless actors accompanied by verbal description. These scenes are the basis for the relationship between the Old and New Testament, of the play. They include a scene of the brothers selling Joseph into slavery in Egypt, and Moses raising up the bronze serpent in the wilderness.  The remainder of the performance is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Christ:  the trial, suffering and death of Jesus Christ.

Passion Play Times & Information

The Passion Play operates for 5 months from May through October.  

The play runs for approximately five or five and a half hours with an intermission of three hours. A meal is served during the intermission of the play.  Audiences come from all over the world, often on packaged tours. We offer over 38 itineraries that travel to Oberammergau.

We have created a special site dedicated to the Oberammergau Passion Play please visit it for more information concerning the Passion Play.

These are the tours that Collette will be offering for the Passion Play: